A bill to amend chapter 65 of title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for desecration of a religious structure or a consecrated grave, or the placement of an antireligious symbol on the property of another, and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends the Federal criminal code to impose penalties upon any person who with intent to injure or destroy: (1) desecrates any consecrated grave or religious structure or article; or (2) places any anti-religious symbols on the property of another. Makes it an offense for any person with the intent to injure, intimidate or interfere with another's Constitutional right to freely exercise his religion to willfully: (1) desecrate or destroy any consecrated grave or religious structure or article; or (2) place any anti-religious symbol on the property of another. Provides for a fine of not more than $25,000 or imprisonment for not more than two years (ten years if bodily injury results and a term up to life if death results).

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Timeline

1. 23 May 1985

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 23 May 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 23 May 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 June 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.

   Source: Committee

5. 5 June 1986

   Committee

   See H.R.4980.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 May 1985

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Sponsors

• Rep. Fiedler, Bobbi [R-CA-21] · R · Sponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← A bill to amend chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, to impose criminal penalties for damage to religious property and for injury to persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs.